The Way Home

Chapter 24

"What's going on in that head of yours? This day was too long for that much thinking to be going on." Maddie said with a laugh. Everyone else looking half alive agreeing. "It's just crazy were in the middle of July it's hot as balls, and I can't help but think how different everything is from about two months ago." Marie said. "Ya you ladies realize that for the first time in like over a year of hanging together we are ALL have a man, and for longer than a month?" Ricki added. They all looked shocked. "Look at us all grown up." Bells added doing a little happy wiggle hip dance on her chair drinking her sweet tea, making everyone else laugh.

"So is Dylan making you guys go to the health seminar, you know the one about two towns over?" Maddy asked. "I think he might I know it caught his interest we may just close the office for Monday and Tuesday. You know ho whe likes to go over those kinds of things the next day to see if we can realistically put those ideas into action in our office or if it's just a load of crock." Marie said back. "It's like forty minutes or forty-five minutes right?" Natalie asked. "Ya." Ricki said. "Ya I don't get to go." Maddie said. "Me either we're way to booked to let anyone loose." Bella said. "I'm going." Chloe shrugged. "I got to make a couple of house calls I'm stuck here." Ricki. "I think Dylan is just going to be sending me and Liam I think he is running to the hospital early morning doing a couple of rounds. Chloe will you want to drive up together?" Marie asked. "YA I know it make Ace and Kane feel better.

"It would make them feel better if you was takin gone of them." Ricki mumbled loudly in his cup. "It is crazy weird how passively protective these damn men are." Bells said. Shaking her head making all of them blush because deep down they did secretly love it even if it was a little over the top at the end of the day they were loved, safe, cherished and appreciated. "Ok ladies it's date night we got to look alive let's go home and make us look like less than off dead zombies and more like some people who want some booty tonight." Ricki said in a cheerful voice like a motivational couch.

Everyone laughed and blushed because that was the plan. It didn't take long for all of them to get home. The beauty of a small town. The were off a little after four, went to get a drink at a coffee and still got home before 5:10, knowing the guys were going to be picking them up for dinner and a movie around 6. Ricki dropped Marie at the front part of the house as he went to the one out back to the right. Rushing inside she went and took her thirty minute shower. Finding some a simple summer dress that came to her thighs, and was a halter top that hugged her body I a comfortable way. The girls all thought it would be good to slip into something cute, modest, and they won't sweat completely through in minutes even in the evening when things started to cool down.

Kane has started making everyone start around four and five in the morning he wasn't going to have people busting their ass in heat that could put their health as rest, so they started earlier and had rotated evening feeding shifts. HE has been going all over and sending Tank, bear, and even his father out to the other ranches making sure everything is running efficiently and for his own piece of mind had no sign of Jason or his leeches. They went all the way up to five hour radius drives with Marie not in the loop, he planned to keep it that way. He had three small trackers placed on her without telling her. All the guys have some type of tracker in their chains or necklaces around their necks. For Marie and Kane it was the wolf necklaces. It was also her engagement ring and a small little piece around her battery in her cell phone. Kane was not risking losing her in case of something happening to her. He has seen a lot of horrible things in his line of duties his tours, but this is one thing that gave him nightmares and scared him to his core.

After letting her hair into high ponytail to keep it from possibly sticking to her neck later and opting out not to wear the makeup in case, on the off hand she could sweat it off later or be too tired to take it off. She looked at herself in the mirror happy with her appearance. Still going for comfort she just slipped on thong flip flops and was making her way through the hall to the living room when she heard the loud knock. No one ever knocks except the a few of the hands. Opening the door she was left in surprise.